Flames of a lie

Chapter 21

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It looked like something bad was about to happen.

I just kept sitting there swallowing my food under his observatory gaze while others got engrossed in deciding to go to which bar. The bad feeling inside me didn't even suppress when I walked out of the cafeteria with Willam and James almost running away from his dark gaze. It was like it followed me like a dark cloud throughout the day. Now I was sitting in our adjoining cabin and preparing the list of ingredients to fill all the pantry. Even today he didn't call me so I kept preparing the list for the whole week. I tried to distract myself with work but the knowledge of him coming with us to the bar was still messing with my brain. 

What are you worried about, Sage? He is coming to the bar to have some drinks. It has nothing to do with you. He has been ignoring you from that day on, which makes it special that he won't do it in the bar too. Just stop thinking about it. He doesn't even have a reason to indulge with you. At the bar, there will be so many hot girls and he will be there enjoying his evening with them, not with you, his bell boy. All this unwanted feeling you are feeling is because of your naive woman's heart. Who has never been so exposed to a man as handsome as him! 

For God's sake, you are not even a woman in his eyes, don't forget you are disguised as a man. And from what I know he is not interested in a man and I know it from the never-ending list of celebrities and models he dated so stop thinking and prepare to lose up for a bit tonight. So stop getting suppressed due to his dominating nature. You were never like this before so try to act more like your old self.  Act like you don't know him when you are at the bar so his mighty presence will affect you less. 

After giving myself some pep talk I took a deep breath and removed him from my brain. For the past week, I have been trying to justify his actions of holding me so near to him but as an answer, it has always been a dead-end for me so I should leave it in the past and keep moving further because there is no explanation for his behavior. I can't justify someone else's actions so I have to leave it and keep moving. Keeping that in mind I continued working.  

It was almost time to close the restaurant so I went to the locker room attached to the men's room. Have I told you guys before, there is no lady's room up here because none of them are allowed on this floor. I don't even know the reason behind his not hiring any female employees. 

"Sage, you are still not ready. Go and get ready fast" I heard James's voice when I was opening my locker where I kept some sets of men's clothes for an emergency. I have to always be prepared and careful at the same time. I turned my head to answer him. 

"Yeah I will be in five---" I stopped mid-sentence as I was met with the very naked front of him. He was wearing only his pants. He never looked like he was working out but God he had mussels. Where was he hiding them all those times? I gulped audibly. 

"You are talking as if you are ready," said William while walking out of the men's room with his shirt on but the buttons were all still undone giving me a sneak peek of his well-defined abs. 

"William I'm almost ready and he has not even freshened up," James said while wearing his shirt. He looked from William to me. 

"Sage, get ready fast, we need to leave soon before the head chef decides to change his mind and give you some extra work again ruining our plan of the outing," he said in his firm voice while grabbing me by my shoulder and pushing me into the men's room. I was forcefully pushed in and the temperature of the men's room was on another level. Logan was just walking out of the shower wearing nothing but a towel showing his broad shoulder mussels and well-defined body. I must say Sophia has done very well. In my mind, I give a thumbs up to her with both hands. He is indeed a good looking handsome man with a soft personality.